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,,,,,^^*## i thought,  so i smoked a pipe  and  got ##*^^,,,,,
,,,,,,^^$# dressed,  and  outside   the  rain   had #$^^,,,,,,
,^~^*$#### turned into  snow so thick that  it  was ####$*^~^,
,,,~^*$### as dense fog  ... and then i went to get ###$*^~,,,
,^~^*$#### the mail, but there  was  a woman and we ####$*^~^,
,,,,,^^*## talked a little. now because i  was high ##*^^,,,,,
,^~^*$#### and  it was  snowing so funny and i  had ####$*^~^,
,^~^*$#### an umbrella  against  the snow, but snow ####$*^~^,
,^~^*$#### all over my face anyway, and i  wondered ####$*^~^,
,,,,,^~*##         about myself, and my life        ##*~^,,,,,
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